strange system clock issues

[Larry Cook]

Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
  >     I would guess battery.  The current drawn by the 32KHz clock 
chip is
> so low that it always runs on battery.  The clock draws less current 
> than the self-discharge of the battery.  But... the battery shelf life 
> is about 10 years, highly dependent on storage temperature.
> 
>     If you can get at it, it would not hurt to replace the battery.

I agree.  I've heard of dead batteries doing strange things.  I 
personally had a dead battery cause a laptop to lockup or reboot.  You 
can read about it in the archives:

http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/private/gnhlug-discuss/2006-December/017401.html
http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/private/gnhlug-discuss/2006-December/017413.html

I'm not sure why it's broken into two threads.

Larry